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UnBreaking by L.D. Waters
4.0

My first read of the year!!

Unbreaking has become one of my favourite fantasy and the story has its own style with humans, faes, magics.

The author did her own book cover, not only that but also she drew art in between the scenes. That's what it makes more beautiful!

Zurilya, our FMC wanted to live happily ever after with her future husband so when she rescued Calstar, our MMC, charming and beautiful Fae, he was injured and she took care of him. Calstar granted her wish and left human realm.

After 500 years, Zurilya and Emilian, her husband did not love but hated each other. She wanted to find that Fae and break this curse. She did found him and bounded him to her until he finds a way to undo her wish.

Calstar was a shameless flirt, otherworldly eternal, loves strawberries, could heal wounds by licking (that was new), damn high born powerful fae, but he has own scars and darkness and he hides them behind facade. We get to see him more in couple of his POVs.

Zurilya and Calstar worked together to find a way. He suggested that he could make Zurilya and Emilian to fall in love but it doesn't work. Zurilya and her husband harbored hate and loathing to each other.

Aside from them, Zurilya being a queen means she has her own duties to her people so when the priest stealing money from the vaults and the secret rebellion is building to overthrow the crown.
Zurilya caught inbetween wanting to find a way to end her curse and trying to find a way to stop the rebellion.

The story has its own unique world, powers, side characters are amazing. The author was well written with tropes of hating, longing, betrayals, secrets and lies. The plot was definitely not a sunshine and rainbows but builded of using others for their own good and selfishness. There's still banter, forced proximity, hate-love, adventures.

The last chapters literally broken my heart and I damn well as cried. It was painful. But I couldn't wait to see them in book 2!